Ben Ainslie, the record setting Olympic sailor from Great Britain, won the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award at a reception tonight (6 Nov) in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the ISAF Annual Conference. Ainslie last summer won his fourth consecutive gold medal at the London-Weymouth Olympic Regatta by winning the Finn class in a tiebreaker over Danish sailor Jonas Christensen. Ainslie and Christensen placed 9th and 10th, respectively, in the concluding medal race, which became the determining factor for the gold medal.Ben is ISAF sailoro of the year
Ben Ainslie, the record setting Olympic sailor from Great Britain, won the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award at a reception tonight (6 Nov) in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the ISAF Annual Conference. Ainslie last summer won his fourth consecutive gold medal at the London-Weymouth Olympic Regatta by winning the Finn class in a tiebreaker over Danish sailor Jonas Christensen. Ainslie and Christensen placed 9th and 10th, respectively, in the concluding medal race, which became the determining factor for the gold medal.